Christian Burchard
“Each material has its own life, and one cannot, without punishment, destroy a living material to make a dumb and senseless thing. We must not try to make materials speak our language. We must go with them to the point where others understand their language.”
Christian Burchard enjoys taking risks with his art and uses green, unpredictable wood to create forms that warp and twist as they dry. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he started out as a furniture maker’s apprentice in the seventies, going on from there to study sculpture and drawing at the Museum School in Boston and Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC.
Christian Burchard enjoys taking risks with his art and uses green, unpredictable wood to create forms that warp and twist as they dry. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he started out as a furniture maker’s apprentice in the seventies, going on from there to study sculpture and drawing at the Museum School in Boston and Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC.
His early focus was on furniture and interiors, but he gradually shifted to wood turning and sculpture, moving between vessel-oriented forms and sculptural turning. Burchard’s material of choice is Pacific madrone burl, which changes as it dries, making his final form unique from other wood sculptures and nearly impossible to replicate.
His work has been included in most of the major turning-related exhibitions for more than twenty years and is exhibited widely throughout the US. His current work includes wall sculptures and freestanding sculptural objects.
His work has been included in most of the major turning-related exhibitions for more than twenty years and is exhibited widely throughout the US. His current work includes wall sculptures and freestanding sculptural objects.
Christian Burchard
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